Rajnikant to soon land up in US for Robot

Rajnikant is likely to leave for the US shortly to join the US-based production team of his Rs.1.5 billion venture 'Robot', said publicists. 'Robot' will be a sci-fi movie and stars Aishwarya Rai in the female lead. She has already reported for the photo-shoot schedule. It is being directed by Shankar. The movie will be simultaneously produced in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and two other Indian languages besides being later dubbed into English, Japanese and Malay.

After Rajnikant agrees to the final script, shooting will commence from August 15. The extravaganza is being jointly produced by London-based Ayngaran International and Eros Entertainment, said a statement. While Rajnikant's 'Kuselan' is schedule for July 31 release, he has almost completed his daughter Saundarya's Ocher Studios' Rs.2 billion animated production which has live shots of the superstar.